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Researchers identify new source of insulin-producing cells

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created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells within the pancreas that were not beta cells, a finding that contradicts ...


Stem cells crucial to diabetes cure in mice

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin.


New technique eliminates toxic drugs in islet transplant in diabetic mice

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The body's immune system hates strangers. When its security patrol spots a foreign cell, it annihilates it.


Researchers explore curing diabetes with animal transplants

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created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The descendents of Abraham are ready. They were born inside a cinderblock bubble in an anonymous building surrounded by fields in western Wisconsin.





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The new source of islet cells

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created Oct 25, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The shortage of islet cells limits the development of islet transplantation. One new approach was reported in the October 21 issue of the World Journal of Gastroenterology because of its great significance in enhancing the ou ...


Promising advances in islet cell transplants for diabetes

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created Jun 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have modified the procedure for islet cell transplantation and achieved insulin independence in diabetes patients with fewer but better-functioning pancreatic islet cells.


Boosting survival of insulin-cell transplants for Type 1 Diabetes

Boosting survival of insulin-cell transplants for Type 1 Diabetes

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created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers in Japan are reporting a discovery that could improve the effectiveness and expand the use of transplants of insulin-producing cells to treat diabetes. Their study is scheduled for the July 16 ...


Researchers prove that insulin-producing cells can give rise to stem-like cells in-vitro

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created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The question of whether insulin-producing cells of the pancreas can regenerate is key to our understanding of diabetes, and to the further development of regenerative therapies against the disease. Dr Rosenberg from the McGill ...


Immune cell entry into the pancreatic islets key to understanding type 1 diabetes origins

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have discovered how destructive immune cells gain access to insulin-producing cells and help cause diabetes.


New Direction for Pancreas Cell Regeneration

Study points to new direction for pancreas cell regeneration

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created Apr 03, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Replacing faulty or missing cells with new insulin-making cells has been the object of diabetes research for the last decade. Past studies in tissue culture have suggested that one type of pancreas cell could ...


Use of pancreatic islets show promise in diabetes research, treatments

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The use of pancreatic islets (hormone-producing cells) is increasing in diabetes research and may play an important role in future treatments, according to an article in the April 15 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on diabet ...


High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants

High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants

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created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A biological tit for tat may hold clues to improving the success of islet cell transplants intended to cure type 1 diabetes, according to a Medical College of Georgia scientist.


Coming soon: Cell therapies for diabetes, cancer?

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created Mar 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Therapies using stem cell transplants are advancing promising treatments for such conditions as Alzheimer’s Disease, neurological diseases and spinal cord injury, and heart disease. Now, scientists think that stem cell transplants ...


Manipulating the immune system like a parasite

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created Apr 09, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

One day it may be possible to mimic the tactics used by parasites to trick the body into accepting transplanted tissues or organs.



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